Kenny Loggins had three hot movie singles in the 80's:
I'm Alright - Caddyshack
title track from Footloose
Danger Zone and Playing with the Boys - Top Gun

I also like:
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Say Anything)
Pretty in Pink - Psychadelic Furs
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
The Heat Is On - Glenn Frye (Beverly Hills Cop)
Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie (White Nights)

All the music from Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Wipeout - The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys (Disorderlies)
Fame and Out Here On My Own - Irene Cara (Fame)
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Urban Cowboy soundtrack even though a lot of it's country
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean (Jewel of the Nile)
Living in America - James Brown (Rocky IV)

I love the Fame and Footloose soundtracks. I also liked Bill & Ted's soundtrack.
The soundtrack from the Breakfast Club is great.  ;D

Valley Girl has an awesome soundtrack too.  8)

I liked Flashdance soundtrack also.

"Pretty In Pink"
"If You Leave" (OMD) & "Pretty In Pink" (Psychedelic Furs)

"Purple Rain"
"When Doves Cry" & "Darling Nikki" (both from Prince)

"Breakfast Club"
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds)

"Less Than Zero"
"Hazy Shade Of Winter" (Bangles) & "Going Back To Cali" (LL Cool J)

"Rocky III" OR II?
"Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor)


And many others...

My favorite 80s movie soundtracks are...

Footloose
Breakfast Club
Pretty In Pink
Purple Rain
Valley Girl
Fast Times At Ridgemont High

And of course an honorable mention goes to...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Had there been an actual soundtrack album released, it would have been good!   >:(

I like Pretty In Pink,Say Anything,The Breakfast Club,Footloose,Valley Girl,Fame,Flashdance,Top Gun,Fast Times At Ridgemont High,The Lost Boys,License To Drive,Dream A Little Dream,...and others...so many to list. ;D :D

the heavy metal soundtrack. thats if you like late 70/early 80s rock.

Took the words right out of my mouth, AtariBoy.  :)

Heavy Metal: The Movie
Fast Times...
Dazed and Confused
Almost Famous
The Wedding Singer

Just to name a few...

Some soundtracks I recommend:
Pretty In Pink
Modern Girls
Something Wild
Breakfast Club
Slaves of New York
Repo Man
Last American Virgin
9 1/2 Weeks
Straight to Hell
Gotcha!
Sixteen Candles
Electric Dreams
8)

Vision Quest Soundtrack

1.    Only the Young  performed by Journey
2.    Change  performed by John Waite
3.    Shout to the Top!  performed by Style Council
4.    Gambler  performed by Madonna
5.    She's on the Zoom  performed by Don Henley
6.    Hungry for Heaven  performed by Dio
7.    Lunatic Fringe  performed by Red Rider
8.    I'll Fall in Love Again  performed by Sammy Hagar
9.    Hot Blooded  performed by Foreigner
10.   Crazy for You  performed by Madonna

How could I have forgotten about 9 & 1/2 Weeks? Definitely an awesome soundtrack! Especially,"I Do What I Do"!!! :-* ;D

Shes Having a Baby. That cd contains songs from Love and Rockets, Bryan Ferry, XTC, and many more great artists. Cool World cd is awesome-Im not sure if thats still 80s. I also agree with the earlier post about the movie Less Than Zero-great movie/soundtrack.

Piper

I like most of the ones mentioned already.

One of my favorites not listed is the soundtrack to the movie "Eddie & The Cruisers". 8) The flick's cool too! :)

A couple of lesser known songs:

Mind Over Matter from Summer School
Better Off Dead from Better Off Dead
Cry Little Sister from Lost Boys
Running in this Nightmare from Nighmare on Elm St. Part 4
Dancing Is Heaven from Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Very sexy song...  :-*

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How could I have forgotten about 9 & 1/2 Weeks? Definitely an awesome soundtrack! Especially,"I Do What I Do"!!! :-* ;D
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Fire with fire by wildblue from the movie with the same name

I almost forgot about Dirty Dancing; just about every song on that soundtrack is great.  I also like the cover versions of the Ritchie Valens songs (the title track and Come On Let's Go) that Los Lobos did for the film La Bamba.

A view to a kill -Duran Duran ;D
9 1/2 weeks- I do what, I do ;D
Flashdance
Stayin alive

I liked A View to Kill also...
-- Neverending Story
-- Holiday Road from Nat'l Lampoon's Vacation

"push it to the limit" from Scarface is a cool song

I like a song from Top Gun's Soundtrack

Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings

Counting down my 20 favorite soundtrack songs from the '80s:
#20. "What a Feeling"-Irene Cara("Flashdance")
#19. "(I've Had)The Time Of My Life"-Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley("Dirty Dancing")
#18. "Crazy For You"-Madonna("Vision Quest")
#17. "Goonies"-Cyndi Lauper("The Goonies")
#16. "Ghostbusters"-Ray Parker, Jr.("Ghostbusters")
#15. "Take My Breath Away"-Berlin("Top Gun")
#14. "I Do What I Do"-John Taylor("91/2 Weeks")
#13. "Hungry Eyes"-Eric Carmen("Dirty Dancing")
#12. "Don't You Forget About Me"-Simple Minds("Breakfast Club")
#11. "I Melt With you"-Modern English("Valley Girl")
#10. "Pretty In Pink"-Psychedelic Furs("Pretty In Pink")
#9.  "Maniac"-Michael Sembello("Flashdance")
#8.  "Power Of Love"-Huey Lewis & the News("Back to the Future")
#7.  "Wierd Science"-Oingo Boingo("Wierd Science")
#6.  "Get Into The Groove"-Madonna("Desperately Seeking Susan")
#5.  "Batdance"-Prince("Batman")
#4.  "For Your Eyes Only"-Sheena Easton("For Your Eyes Only")
#3.  "Hazy Shade Of Winter"-The Bangles("Less Than Zero")
#2.  "If You Leave"-OMD("Pretty In Pink")
#1.  "View To A Kill"-Duran Duran("View To A Kill")

Sammy Hagar - "Winner Takes It All" from the movie "Over The Top".

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